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World Communications Day

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives in a procession to preside over an evening prayer service at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Jan. 25, 2026, concluding the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Let communication be conducted by real human beings, not AI, pope says

Carol Glatz|Jan 26, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV, in choosing a theme for World Communications Day 2026, highlights the need to safeguard human voices and faces in the digital era, ensuring technology like artificial intelligence serves humanity rather than replacing it. In this file photo from June 14, 2025, Pope Leo greets people as they hold up cellphones to take photos and videos as he enters St. Peter’s Basilica for an audience with pilgrims in Rome for the Holy Year 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope's communications day theme focuses on using media responsibly

Cindy Wooden|Sep 29, 2025|2 Min Read

Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye of Singapore speaks to Pope Francis after Mass at Singapore’s National Stadium Sept. 12, 2024. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Finding hope in humanity half a world away

Greg Erlandson|Jun 19, 2025|4 Min Read

Communications

Mass media needs more kindness, truth spoken with charity, pope says

Carol Glatz|Jan 24, 2023|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 13, 2022. Pope Francis' theme for the 2023 World Communication Day will be "Speak with the heart: 'Veritatem facientes in caritate' ('Speaking truth in love')," the Vatican announced Sept. 29. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican announces theme for World Communications Day

Junno Arocho Esteves|Sep 29, 2022|2 Min Read

Pope Francis listens to a question while responding to journalists aboard his flight from Tallinn, Estonia, to Rome in this Sept. 25, 2018, file photo. In his message for World Communications Day, the pope said that "there is no good journalism without the ability to listen." (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope says news reporting requires better listening, more objectivity

Carol Glatz|Jan 24, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience at the Vatican in this Nov. 11, 2020, file photo. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Verify before sharing 'news,' pope says in Communications Day message

Cindy Wooden|Jan 23, 2021|4 Min Read

Pope Francis blesses a prisoner as he visits the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia in this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo. The pope has chosen the theme, "Come and see: Communicating, encountering people as and where they are," for the 2021 World Communications Day. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope chooses theme for World Communications Day

Junno Arocho Esteves|Sep 29, 2020|2 Min Read

Pope Francis greets journalists aboard his flight from Rome to Maputo, Mozambique, Sept. 4, 2019. "We need stories that reveal who we truly are, also in the untold heroism of everyday life," Pope Francis wrote in his message for World Communications Day 2020. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

World needs stories of truth, peace, inspiration, pope says

Carol Glatz|Jan 24, 2020|4 Min Read

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